NHL qualifying offer rules dictate that players earning under $660,000 in base salary be qualified at a 10% increase in base salary, players earning between $660,000 and $1 million (where all three Rangers RFAs fall) in base salary be qualified at a 5% increase, and players earning greater than $1 million be qualified at their original salary.

With that said, the final qualifying offers for the RFAs stands at the following (assuming my math is correct):

Stralman – $945,000

Del Zotto – $918,750 $826,875

Zuccarello – $945,000 $850,500

By qualifying these players, the Rangers guarantee themselves draft pick compensation if one signs an offer sheet with another club.

In regards to Zuccarello, yes he signed a deal with the KHL. But the deal has an out clause for the NHL should he receive what he wants. None of the remaining RFAs in the Rangers organization (all with Connecticut) were qualified.

It’s more than just compensation. Del Zotto for example can go out and get an offer sheet from one other NHL team. The Rangers have the right to match the offer and keep his services – or they can let him walk and be compensated depending on the value of the offer.

However, should Zuccarello or Stralman head to Europe, all the Rangers get is to keep the NHL rights to those players.

I’m guessing the failure to make qualifying offers to Connecticut players is just a matter of timing and they will do this at a later date. Most of the eight other RFAs should be let go, but I can’t believe they will part with Talbot and Wellman quite so easily.

Reports in Norwegian media says in the neighborhood of $2 million +/-(net payment, since salary in KHL is payed without taxes).
I have no doubt he would sign for much less with an NHL team if a one-way deal was offered though

He explains it as : Del Zotto- Because his base salary of $787,500 — total salary of $875,000 minus signing bonus of $87,500 — is greater than $660,000 and less than $1,000,000, it is increased by 5 percent for the purposes of his qualifying offer.

Zuccarello -Because his base salary of $810,000 — total salary of $900,000 minus signing bonus of $90,000 — is greater than $660,000 and less than $1,000,000, it is increased by 5 percent for the purposes of his qualifying offer.

But has anyone seen an official list as to who the NYR did or did not QO? Hard to believe they would not keep Talbot for the WHale